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Segregation & Discrimination
•President Truman desegregated the military
•1954, Brown v. Board of Education▫Segregated schools were unconstitutional
SeparationUnequal treatment
or barriers
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Civil Rights•1956, Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as
Civil Rights leader•Boycotts & peaceful marches
1963
Congress outlawed public segregation, protected voting rights, & required equal access to housing
& jobs
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Government’s Role
•FDR, Social Security
•JFK & Lyndon Johnson (democrats) increased government’s role▫Offered housing for the poor▫1965, Congress funded Medicare & Medicaid
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Government’s Role
•Ronald Reagan (Republican)•Trickle-down
1981-1989
Reaganomics
•Reduce gov’t spending•Reduce fed. income tax•Reduce gov’t regulation•Tighten money supply
• Reduce inflation
Increased military
spending
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Western Europe Rebuilds•W. Germany (with help from the Marshall
Plan) built modern industrial base▫Economic miracle
•Britain had slow recovery▫Abandoned colonial empire overseas
•France lost colonial wars & country was demoralized
•But US $ helped them modernize & standard of living improved
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Welfare States•Many European political parties•Welfare states= country with a market
economy but increased government responsibility for social & economic needs of the people
•High taxes & increased government regulation
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European Unity•European
Community: organization dedicated to establishing free trade among member nations for all products
▫Gradually ended tariffs
▫Allowed workers & capital to move freely across borders
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Japan•US helped the Japanese create new
constitution▫Took away all political power from the
emperor▫Land reform▫Education reform
1952, US & Japan sign peace treaty
US leaves
Keeps military bases & in return protects Japan with
nuclear weapons
Remain close trading partners
- Eventually competitorsEconomic miracle
Exports
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•What was one positive outcome from having to rebuild completely after WWII?
•With US protection, how much do you think countries like W. Germany & Japan spent on their military?
▫Where could they put that money instead?
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China’s Communist Revolution
•Mao Zedong▫Lead communists in civil
war against Nationalists▫Had support of huge
peasant population
•Set up a communist one-party totalitarian state▫People’s Republic of
China
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Great Leap Forward•1958-1960•Urged a superhuman effort to increase
farm & industrial output•Organized farmland into communes
▫Disaster
▫Produced low quality goods▫People lost incentive
▫Food shortage An estimated 55 million Chinese starved to
death
Commonly owned & operated
farm
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China, Cold War’s “Wild Card”•With China, Communists now had control of
1/5 of the world’s population• …But, China &
Soviet Union didn’t trust each other US played the China
card
US could isolate the Soviets
1979, US set up diplomatic relations with
China
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Korea•Independent until Japan conquered it in
1900s•After WWII, Soviets & US divided it
▫Soviets supports Kim Il Sung in the North (Communist)
▫US supported Syngman Rhee in the South (Dictator, but not communist)
Both leaders wanted complete rule
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Korean War•June 1950, North Korea attacked
South Korea•UN invaded to help the South•November, China gets involved
to help the North
•Stalemate•1953, Both sides sign an
armistice
DMZ: Demilitarized
zone
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Two Koreas
•South Korea had economic boom